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AMOS CALLESON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORKJ ASElIG-NOR T0 ADRIANCE MACHINE WORKS, INCH, 0]? BRODKLYN, NEW YORK. A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOTTLE FILLING AND SEALING MACHINE.

hpplieation filed March 30,

12) all av/tom it mu?! Concern: .llc it known that l, Aims tl-xnnnson, a citizen ol the liniu-d Status, residing at Brooklyn, in thc county of Kings and State ol'h'cw York, have invented certain new and uscl'ul lniprm'cnacnls in Bottle Filling and Scaling .\'la hincs, ol which the followlng is a specification. I Tho object of this inrcntion is to provide a machine whcrcin hotllcs'or other contain- (IS may he lillcdv with liquids, and especially liquids under pressure, with greater rapidity than has hcrvtoforc been possible, with less nt-i-i-ssit doi." like exercise of skill and the at (cation of the opi-rratm', and withiinli'l orn'ily good results as to thc quality of the product turned out, all regardless of the. capacitysl'andards ol the containers which are to be lilh-daud scaled and whether containers supposed to ho of a certain staiulard in rcspci'rt to Him actually vary. h The invention consists in certain improve meals in the means l'or dispensing a liquid, as a syrup, to thc containcrs; the means for. lilliug the containers, as with a carbonated liquid after the syrup has hccn delivered; ccrlnin conihinations oi lluid delivery moans with means for performing other opornlions, as sealing-tho containers, supplying closures lhcrcl'or, and tccding the containors into position to he opm'atcd upon; and tho means for liming the operations on the conl'aincrs so as to 'j'lfi-ll'lilltl containers having dillizrcnt -apa,r.:it stiuitlardsto be handled.

vl'n the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the ma- Fig. 513 is a. View showing the lever 1.34 in plan and the honsii'ig i) in section;

Fig. 4 is a side clc'vation of saicllever;

Figs. (l and 7 are a side and opposite nariplieral elevations of the driving member of'acertain dWcli-elfecting mechanism in thc puma-train;

S and. QQLI'Q side elevations of cams iuclud. in tho driven .mernher of such l'l'N-Ptflitl nisl'n Fig. Ill) shows in detail a bolt for locking together and its controlling/I knife; Fi 10 and 10 are a SlCle'BIGW-IHOII and Specification of Letters Patent.

the bottle turret. removed.

syrnp-tlispcnsing means syrup pump 5 dispensing means;

showing the up Patented Jan. 8; 19.18. 1916. Serial No. 87,805. i

a plan, partly in section, of a modification ot said mechanism, and Figs. 10 and 10 show details of said modification;

Fig. 1.1 is a front elevation of the upper part of the machine;

Fig. 12 a detail of the. cap dispensing means: i

Fig. 13 is a front-to'rcar vertical sectional ricw,n.1 the plane oi the filling and seallng Willis, of the upper part of the machine;

Fig. 14- is an el'ilargciil detail View of the plunger 39-40g i Fig. 15 is a similar view of the compensating slide;

Fig. 16 is an enlarged sectional. detail of the loner portion olYthe filling means in the position. the parts thereof ra-cu'py at the time of iz'nfnu't with the bottle head;

Figs. 17 and 18 are similar views with the parts in Fig. 17 in the upon admission of the closure to its scat \\'ithin the scaling-head 32 and in .b'ig. .18

in the positions they occupy when at the in ccption oi the ClOSUIB-RfilXlllg operation;

and seal ing positions they occupy Fig. 19 shows details of the filling valve controllingmeans;

- Fig. 20 is a plan View of said means,

partly in. section;

Fig. 21 a front to rear vertical sectional \lQW of the lower part of the machine, showing the lmttle ady'an'cing means;

Fig. 22 is a plan now 01' said means, Wlth certain parts appearing in. section;

Fig. is a. plan of a modification of the bottle advancing means;

Fig. 23 is an elevation of crank 136 shown in Figs. 21 and 22;

Fig. 24 is a vertical sectional view ofthe upper part of the machine, illustrating the in particular;

Fig. 25 is a. verticalv sectional view of the I! g. 26 is a sectional View on line 3 of Fig. 25; l i i l Fig. 27' illustrates the vnlvesof the syrup- Figs. 98 and 29 are .viw, partly" in front elevation and partly in section,

filling and sealing means, the'sli'de or currnernupportmg said means and tl1e-. ;framu of the machine;

per and lower portions of the means.

e (Figs. 1, 21 and 22) is a vertically adjust- Fig. 30 is a sectional view on line z-z, Fig. 29;

Fig. 31 shows a part of the means for elevating-the inner one (or plunger). of the telescoped structures of the filling and sealing means to stop the liquid flow and permit admission of the closure to be applied;

Figs. 32, 33 and 34 are a front elevation, a side elevation (partly in section) and a horizontal sectional view of the delivery portion of the closure dispensingmeansp Figs. 35 and 36 show in plan and in side elevation certain parts appearing in Fig.

Fig. 37 is a plan of the main slide, showing also a part of the delivery portion of the closure dispensing means;

Figs, 38 and 39' show, in side and front elevation the lower and upper portions of a part of th which forms a seal around the bottle neck; and

Figs. 40, 41, 42 and 43 show details of what appears in Figs. 88 and 39.

The frame ofthe machine includes a ped- I estal a, a housing I) surmounting the same and having a hinged cover I), and a rearwardly projecting housings in which and the pedestal is arranged an electric motor d, affording in the present instance the source of power. In the machine that is shown by way of illustration the movements for effect ing syrup delivery, filling and sealing are performed by an up and down movable organism suitably arranged at the front of the housin Z) and including the syrup delivery and filling and sealing implements, the

movements which the bottles receive being movement in a horizontal plane to-position them one after another for first receiving syrup, then for filling and sealing, and finally for removal from the machine, the means for supporting the bottles being suitably arranged at the front of the pedestal a.

I shall proceed first to describe infidetail the means for supporting the bottles and effecting their advance; next, the means for deliveringsyrup to and then filling and sealing the bottle; and finally the means for efi'ecting properly timed movements of the moved parts contained in the first two able bracket secured to pedestal a by a suitable fastening means, consisting of a block f bolted to the bracket, a gib f penetrating the block and adapted to bind against the front wall (whichis slotted to allow vertical movement of the block) of pedestal a, and a lle seat h.

set screw i for exerting clamping pressure on the gib. Resting upon-this bracket is a plate 9 suitably held against turnin and having set into its top surfacean elastic bot- A cylindrical bear-in ,member 1' is supported by its flange. i on t e horizontal top or plate portion e of the'bracket e,

e means for controlling the gasket headed shaft j which is supported by its head j resting on the top of member 71 and which has thereon (abutting against the lower end of said member) the ratchet wheel A fixed to the shaft by the key Z. on member '2' between the ratchet Wheel and plate a is a crank m carrying a springpressed pivoted pawl a (F ig. 22) normally held against the teeth of the ratchet, 0 being a. link through which from a suitable means to be described the crank is oscillated to cause the pawl to advance the ratchet, and consequently shaft 7', rotativcly step by step. Preferably resting on the plate 9 and se cured to pin or shaft j by screws ;0 so as to rotate therewith is a bottle turret g radially recessed (Fig. 2) to receive the bottles. The turret-including structure is kept from moving beyond a definite point on each pick, of the pawl (due to impetus received from the latter) by a stop r which at the end of the pawls throw holds the latter against the ratchet and so in the path of the tooth next back of that which it engages; said stop is the off-turned end of a bolt 8' which by means of a handle t may be turned in the bracket 6 so that the stop clears the pawl, thus (as in the case of aturret-jam, the machine being stopped with the pawl at the end of its working thrust) to permit said structure to be turned by hand. The turret rotates clockwise, and the bottle seat h is in a radius of shaft j which. is perpendicular to the frame of-the machine so that each advance of the turret brings one bottle, onto the botto the front face of the housing 25 and has' spaced inwardly projecting plates 11 at the front thereof, thus forming a guide slotted at the front. (SeeFigs. 1, 2, 11, 1 3, 24, 28

a and 29.) .Also secured to the housing 6 and partially inclosing this guide is a casting w upon'which rests the base of the closure supply hfopp'er In the aforesaid guide is movable what I shall hereinafter term the carrier or main slide,conip1'ising a block y, vertically channeled at the front, and a front plate a secured to the block by screws 2' and formed with an opening 2 and above the opening with a pair of spaced ears 2 (Figs. 2, 11, 13, 24, 28 and 29).. The main slide reciprocated vertically by a forked lever (134), to be described, projecting from the housing 6, and to receive this lever it is recessed, as at y, at both sides, having in the recesses the hardened bearing pieces 3/ (Fig.29). In the main slide is arranged an organization of parts, comprising the compensat- 7 ing slide and plunger referred to in the foregomg brief description of the figures of the drawings, whose functions are to deliver the filling l1 uid to the bottle and then seal the latter. his letter will be described later in detail, and turning now to the syrup dispensin meansz a At t e extreme left of Fig. 11 (see also I Figs. 2, 25 and 26) is shown a pump whose '15 cylinder 2 is held in a clamp 3 projecting from the housin b and has in the bottom thereof inlet an outlet ports 4 and 5. In thiscylinder Works vertically a hollow piston made in tivo parts having a spring jG interposed between them, the outer part 7 'havin screwed into the end which receives the other part 8 a nut 9 which abuts' a'shonlder on the part 8 to retain it'in the part 7. Thepart 8 is connected b a link 10 to a crank (29) hereinafter to e referred to in detail. The port 4 is connected by a check valve 4" with a. suitable syrup supply source and the port 5-b'y a flexible tube 11 (Fig. Q 2) with the syrup dispensing device (F i 30 24), thus described: A tubular receiver maria in two parts 12 and 13 screwed together, the latter hav'ing anipple 13 to receive the flexible tube 11, isarranged to'be reciprocated vertically in a projection 14 of the guide .u, being suspended by a rod 15 re- 'ceived'by a friction grip device 16 project ing laterally from the left hand ear 2 of the main slide. Fitted over the lower end of the receiver and movable vertical] theredownward movement may be limited by contact of its shoulder, l7 with a shoulder 12 on the part 12 of the-receiver and which is cushioned upwardly by a spring 18 interposed between the mouthpiece and said shoulder 12. The upper and lower ends vof the passage through the receiver are restricted and fornr valve seats 19 and 20 which are norlna closed by relatively reseats by a spiral spring 23 contained in the receiver, the valves being substantially alike in that, each has a port .24 which, extends from its relatively outer end to a point near P the seating part of the valve and then is turned off. and another ort'25 which extends from its relatively'lnner end and then dividesfopeuin at the side of the valve short of its seating art; each velveincludes a stem, as shown, igs. 24.and.27) having an enlargement or. head (which. affords the said seating part.) but the stem of the lower valve has a reduced the mouthpiece 17 and leaving a shoulder 2 which normally stands'be low the lower end syrup and'filling and sealing).

onis a f1|r1nel shaped mouth-piece 1 whose versed valves 21 and 22 held against their extension 26 penetrating of the receiver part 12. The main slide and the pump piston perform practically loget her up-and-down strokes interrupted by dwells' (as will appear in the description hereinafter of the means for effecting properly tim cd movements of the bottle advancing'means and the means for dispensing the ()n the upstroke of-the piston syrup is d'rawn into the pump cylinder. ()n the downstrokc it no bottle is present there will be no dulivcryol' syrup because valve remains closed, and the trapped syrup in the receiver and pump is subjected to l'cssurc b the piston, \vhosc part 7 j'it'llls. ll" :1 bolllo is present. the descent oi' the mouth-piece is stopped (horrby allowing the lower end ol valve 22 to enter the bottle (to serve as a dolivvrv n07.- zlc) until its shoulder 27 in'ipingcs llumouth-pirco. \vlu-l'oupon said valve also stops and becomes llllSOtll'tftl, at '20. and it being assumed that spring 3 is by this time under some compression. allows the syrup, to be forced by the pump into the bottle; the principal function of valve 21 is to check any back-flow from the receiver to the pmnp on the lutler's upstroke. Thcliottlc receives only such a quantity of syrup as has been 1n'cdeterminctl-l1y adjusting crank-pin 28 radially of and in a slot 28 of crank 29 and 9 consequently the lcngl h of the stroke of tho pump--aIfd when that qu'antity has been do ln'ered no more \Ylll flow on account ol.

atmospheric pressure, although valve 22 may 'romain held open by the bottle due to the mam slide being at dwelt. In theory, the syrup delivery for all bottles of the same height standard should begin atthe same elevation '(hrackct'e being adj ted vertically to that end) but on accoul of bottles of the same height standard varying this is llllI'lOSFillllB in actual practice, wherefore the ard and bottle of greater helghts are taken care of by the slip-grip of the device 16 on the device 16 on contact during each upstroke with the stop 30 on casting w). Of .course' the opening of the valve for a short dispenser is arranged to descend to a level (which latter is reset downwardly-in bottle comes latorin the downstrok'e of the piston 7-8 than for a high bottle; but the piston member 8 yields to the entrapped liquid in such cases until its escape begins. Referring, now, to the aforesaid organize-- tion of parts'carriedby the main slide: 31 is a slide (termed herein the" compensation slide) penetrating the main slide and normallysupported by its. flange 31*- resting on the" top of the main slide and .carryingat its lower end. the sealingand be described later in detail) screwed thereon. a

33 registeri-ngawith It has a; toothed surface the openings? in the main slide and a filling head'32 w I i to be engaged by the spring-pressed. pawls ."H. pivoted inthc ears 2 of said main slide \vhcn lugs 34 (Fig. 24) on said pawls, in the descent; of the main slide, run oil. the eleations 35 otthe plates 72. For con'ip(1-.nsat.- ing for varying heights in bottles assinncd. to hr of standard height the compensating slide. when in its don-'nward movement. with the main slide the bottle is enct'nintcred, stops until the pawls 34 clear elevations and. thus engaging the toothed surface 33 force the compensating slide to continue dtnvnward with the main slide, this operation being son'icwhat the same as inmy Patent N'o. 913.182. 'llclescoped over the upper end of llncoinpensntingslidc and secured thereon l v the nut Ell is a tubular upright. extension 2-3? which has a roller-bearing sup port 338 against the hack of the (fixed) hopper a and a cap 37 screwed on its upper end, its lower end being provided with front and rear vertical slots 37'.

In the tflll'llltllfitlllllg slide and projecting up through extension. 37 and cap 37' a hollow plunger comprising lower and upper tubes Eli) and it) connected by the union 41 which has a nipple all laud a hardened shoulder 41 projecting through the front and rear slots 37", resprmtivellv, and also comprising the tubular extent -inn -13 screwed into the tube 39. A spiral spring at. housed in extension 37, is interposed between union 41 and cap 37, normally holding down the plunger to a limit. afforded by contact of the union with the upper end of the'slide 31. The extension has a screw 15 therein whose axial portion 10* (coaxial with said extension) has an angular port "15 enterin its lower end and discharging laterally into a chai'nbcr 46 (Fig. 16) having a screw-adjusted outlet 4:7 and containing a downwardly elongated hollow gauze or the like finely foraminous iloam-retarding capsule 47 controlling said outlet and held removahly in the head 32 by its supporting screw 48,-which includes a part of the outlet 47. A nut 49 screwed on the upper end or tube '40 a fi'ords a fulcrum for the lever 50.

, Plunger extension 43' affords a valve seat. 51- at its upper end. This valve seatis noriii-ally closed by the valve 52 at the lower end oi. a long spindle 53 which penetrates the plunger 39*4O and is held depressed by a spring Til into the upper end of the spindle and held under compression by an arm 55 that projects upwardly from av rigid part of the extension. 37 of the compensating slide. On the upper end of the spindle is screwed a collar 56 by means of which, when'the plunger 39-40 is stopped in the downward movement of the main and compensating slides by contact with the bottle lead, lever acts to produce (liifcrential movement of the spindle relatively to the plunger, raising the spindle and hence valve 52 from its seat, said lever being tilted as a dog 58 iiivotcd in and bearing upwardly against. the arm in moving downward with the compensating slide presses downwardly on the free or outer end of said lever; as will appear l ater, after the dog has thus as ulned-the position shown in Fig. 19 with reference to the lever, further downward movement of the compensating slide brings the dog below the lever, and when the arts resume their normal positions (Fig. 13) the dog, which is' normally held by a spring 5.) against the arm 55 at 60 as a stop, is wiped aside by the lever. At 61 in Figs. 11 and 13 is shown a flexible tubecon netting nipple 41" with a valved pipe 62 leading from a source of supply (not shown) of carbonated or other filling liquid.

The sealing and filling head 32 has a downwardly projecting lip 32 entering an annular groove in the inouth piece 63, which has slight vertical movement with respect to the head and supports an elastic sealing -gasln t 64. a ring 65 resting on the gasket and having an internal closure supporting ledge (35 and an annular closure ailixing appliallt'c 66 resting on the ring 65, the parts t l. 65 and 66 being housed in the head 32 and penetrated by the tubular plunger extension (Figs. 13, 16-18 and 29). The head 3:2 has at the front (Figs. 11 and 123i a closure inlet 67, which also penetrates the ring 65; ring (35 further has a port 65 (Fig. 16) affording communication between port 45 and chamber d6. To cushion the impactot the mouth piece 63 with the bottle. head said mouth piece may have radially movable inwardly spring pressed beveled guides (13 (Fig. 13).

'hen the main slide descends and brings the extension of the tubular plunger 39- 10 against the bottle head. a sealed connection between the bottle and filling and scaling head 32 is formed, thus: Two cars 32* (Figs. 29 and 30) on the head 32 support tubes 68 penetrating and movable vertically in the casting it. Through these extend the rods 69 which are coupled to the r'nouth-piece 63 and are equipped at their upper ends with suitable abutments 70 (F-igj 28) between which and abutments 71 superimposed upon the tubes 68 are coiled the springs 72' (Figs,

28 and 29) 3 Ql ese springs normally hold the mouth-piece elevated, so that between it and the ring 65 the gasket 64 iscompressed and its lower inner ed e contracted to a diameter (Figs. 16 an 29) somewhat less than the lip at the bottlemouth. Ultimately, the

gasket is relieved from compression, and this efiect-ed by the following means: The rods 69 are equipped with rollers 7 3 and adapted to bear thereo'nis a forked levzer 74 (Fig. 13) fulcrumed on the head 32. .The free end of this lever is engaged in a notch 75' of a vertical rod75 slidable vertically in bearings 76 at the front of the housing 6 and the groove 77 of a block 77 which is bolted upon a. platform 78 on said housing; the head has a slip-grip on said rod, alforded by a springdog 79 having a tapered end 7 engagin'g'in one of two tapered notches 8O in the rod and.v the rod may move upward to. a limit afforded by contact of its shoulders 7 5" (Fig. 39) with the lower bearing 76. During a part of the descent of the head 32 the rod 75 slides down with it, but when the release of the gasket is to occur the descent of the rod is checked and the "head continuing downward lever 74,- is turned on its ful' crum therein and cams down the moutlr 7 piece 63 against, the tension of. springs 72,

while the dog 79 slides from the upper to the lower notch 80. The descent of the rod is checked by the toothed blocks or dogs 81' sliding in the block 77 and normally held retracted by springs 82 housed in block 77 and engagil'lg studs 81 on the dogs but adapted to be pressed into positive-locking engagement with a toothed surface 75 on said'rod by a lever 83 fulcrulned in bloolt 77 and having spring-pressed pins 83 to en gage said dogs when said lever is moved as hereinafter stated 1, 2, 2S and 3242). The teeth of thciod and dogs are ratchet teetlrprevel'lting downward but not upward l wiping of the rod on the dogs.

of its extension 37 and spring 44, will stop When the main slide descends the plunger 539- on impact with the bpttle head, hug ether with the compensating slidesup ported on the plunger through. the medium until, lcol'npensation being attained, pawls 34 lock the compensation slide to the main slide and cause the former again to descend,

which (as will appear) involves a compara tivelv small movement, followed by the dwell which has. been hereinbefore alluded to; such movement, since the plunger is prevented by the bottle from partaking thereof (spring 44 being somewhat compressed) involves raising of valve spindle 53, and the consequent opening of valve for the flow of the filling liquid to the bottle, causediby dog 58 tilting; lever 50 as it descends to the position shown in Fig 19, Filling being accomplished, the valve must be closed and plunger 39-40 raised enriugh ,to elevate plunger extension 43 al-rwe'closure inlet 67 to admit the closure to the ledge of ring 65. To accomplish these functions there is provided the following mechanism: A beli crank lever Fi l: is fulcrul'ned in a fixed part of the extension 37 of the compensation slide and has on one arm a roller and pivoted to the other a depending book 86 whose hook has a depending shoe 86 at the-back with which ,rod'TFl coacts will appear .50 being caused to clear dog allowing valve 52 to close and the plunger being carried up until its extension 43 is above the closure inlet 67. l

The closure-supply chute 88 is stationary and has at its discharge end a spring-pressed retaining pawl, 89 which supports the Whole line of closures in the chute except when itis uplifted by the head 32 thesame comes to its highest elevation, allowing a closure to enter the inlet 67 and rest therein against the plunger extension 43. When the main slide and the other parts curried thereby descend and come to a dwell and then the plunger is lifted to clear the closure inlet the Waiting closure is forced onto the closure seat 65 thus: An arcshaped sealing gate 90 is fulcrumed. in the sealing head 32" between two ears 9]. thereon so as to move in a horizontal plane, and it houses a spring pressed tongue or pusher 92 adapted to reg ister with and enter the closure inlet 67 when the gate is swung against the front face of the head; to seal the closure inlet when the gateis closed the latter is provided with a rubber gasket 93. The fulcrum for the gate is a shaft '94 journaled in ears 91. and a bearing 95 on the rigl'lt-hand ear 2- of the main slide, the shaft being splined to the gate so as to allow relative movement vertically and caused to reciprocate with the main slide by the collar 96 and a crank sleeve 97 thereon abutting oppositely against the bearing 95, the former being pinned to the shaft and the latter yieldingly held against turning relatively thereto by the torsion spring 98 fastened at one end to the crank-sleeve.and at t other to a suitable head-piece 99 keyed o the shaft. The arm or crank portion ,of the crank-sleeve is equiped with a roller 100 engaged in a cam-sot 10]. in the housing 10, and it has an upstanding projection 102 which normally abuts against a lug 103 on a sleeve 104 pinned to the shaft. Figs. 1, 2, 11 and 32-36). When the main slide is up. they gate is 0 en (Figs. 11 and 37), the closure inlet 67 .eing then opposed by the lower end of thechute 88; when it has descended to the position for dwell roller 100 turning movement were imparted to the shaft through the spring.

The closure supply hopper a: (Figs. 11 and held retracted or sheathed in the gate by the waiting closure housed in the mouth of the closure inlet and bearing laterally against the plunger extension 13. When at the end of the dwell, the plunger extension is elethe positive engagement of projection 102 against lug 103 occurring when the roller travels up the cam-slot causes the opening movementof the gate to be quick where it might be so sluggish as to involve interference of the gate with the chute if the 13) has its bottom Wall 105 sloping toward the front wall 106'which is a disk journaled on the stud 107 and. having beveled and peripheral gear teeth; on the back of this disk is a concentric groove 108 formed gradually deeper toward its outer edge. There is a space 109 somewhat greater than the thickness of a closure between the marginal portion of the disk and the front surface 110 of the hopper, which surface is flanked by a flange 111 that extends concentric with the disk and close enough thereto to retain the closures in said space except at the bottom, where an opening 112 (Fig. 11) is left to admit the closures to the chute; surface 110 is plane excepting for a rounded rib 113 registering with groove 108. i The disk has two sets of apertures 11% in alternating radii one set being in a circle of less diameter than and the other registering, Withthe groove, Secured by suitable means to the outer face of the disk are yielding agitators 115 (in the form of rebent lengths of wire)-- which project through the apertures. An incased suitably j ournaled rotary agitator 116 (herein taking the form of a toothed wheel meshing with the peripheral teeth of disk 106) is arranged with its periphery projecting slightly into the chute and also into the space 109. Througli the medium of a shaft 117 journaled in the hopper and equipped with a driving pulley 118 and with a bevel pinion 119 meshing with the beveled teeth of the disk, the latter and agitator 116 are rotated in the direction of the arrows seen in Fig. 11. A mass of closures placed indiscriminately in the hopper will be tumbled by the relatively inner set of agitators 115,thus promoting their being faced properly so that they will pass the coacting rib 113 and groove 108 (see my Patent No. 1,042,068); any which would otherwise remain caught in the groove are dislodged by the relatively outer set of agitators; and, finally, any that might tend to clog the outlet (entrance to the chute) are disturbed by the agitator 116, which further prevents congestion atv the outlet, due to the chute filling up with closures, by directing the surplus to the right and so on back into the mass in the hopper.

The power for driving the machineiisfin the present instance obtained from tbe'eleo trio motor d; Through suitalgle'gfl'ing 121 and a clutch (not shown) iioiit'rolled' by the lever 122 the power is transmitted from the motor to the shaft 123 (Figs. 2 and 13) equipped with a worm 124'meshing with the worm portion 125 of a rotary member including a. clutch 126 freely revoluble on a transverse shaft 127. Shafts 123 and 127 are journaled in the housing 1;. At one end shaft 127 has affixed thereto the crank 29 for operating the syrup pump, and at the other end a pulley 128 around which and the pulley 118 for driving the disk 106 of the closure supply means an endless belt 1 29 (Fig. 1) extends; Fixed on the shaft 127 are the following elements: a clutch-member 130, spaced peripheral cams 131 and a barrel cam 1 2. On a shaft 133 mounted in i the housing elow and parallel with shaft 127 is fulcrumed a two-armed lever 134 which is oscillated by the coaction of the two cams 131, having rollers 13 1 bearing thereon and afork 1349 (Figs. 3 and 4) engaged in the main slide at y. In suitable hearings in the pedestal e and housingb'is journaled a vertical shaft 135 carrying a. ed

crank 136 to which the link 0 is attac (Fig. 22) and a crank 137 (Figs. 1 and 28) having a horizontal arm 137" for actuating the lever 83 and a vertically elongated arm 137 for actuating the lever 84; and. also carrying a crank 138 equipped-With a roller 138 (Fig. 2) engaged in the groove of the,

barrel cam 132.

Assuming the shaft 127 to be rotated at constant speed, the relation of the cam 132 to the cams 131 is such that when the latter elevate the main slide the former causes the turret to advance one step to position one bottle under the syrup dispenser and an 127 to which the cams 131 (and the other elements on vsaid shaft which actuate the moving parts of the machine) arefix d- 

